Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Ghana, Ivory coast
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Ghana
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Africa
Minority Language
South Africa
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Akan Orthography Committee
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
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Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
meda ase
How Are You?
How are you?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
Good Night
maadwo
Good Evening
Good Evening
maadwo
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
maaha
Good Morning
Good Morning
maakye
I Love You
I love you
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
American English
Asante
Where They Speak
United States of America
Ghana
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Ghana
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Fante
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Ghana
Second Language Speakers
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Alternative Names
Not Available
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German Name
Englisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Akan people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Akan
Signed Forms
Signed English
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
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Glottocode
stan1293
akan1251
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English and Akan Speaking population
English and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of English and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak English and Akan on English vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
English and Akan Language Codes
English and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.